NZDF Joins Search for Missing Tramper

6 February 2019

The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has joined the search for a 60-year-old man who failed to return from a tramping trip in the Tararua Ranges.

Air Commodore Tim Walshe, the Air Component Commander, said a Royal New Zealand Air Force NH90 helicopter was flying search and rescue personnel to the Tararuas this afternoon, following a request from the New Zealand Police.

Police said the man had gone on a four-day tramping trip to the Tararua Ranges on 31 January and was due home on Sunday.